98 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Proportional Representation held. 73 [99.(1) At any election of Members of Parliament, the total number of members which an electoral district is entitled to return shall be the number specified by the Commissioner of Elections in the Order published in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (8) of Article 98. (2) Every elector at an election of Members of Parliament shall, in addition to his vote, be entitled to indicate his preferences for not more than three candidates nominated by the same recognized political party or Independent group. (3) Any recognized political party or any group of persons contesting as independent candidates (hereinafter referred to as an “independent group”) may for the purpose of any election of Members of Parliament for any electoral district, submit one nomination paper setting out the names of such number of candidates as is equivalent to the number of members to be elected for that electoral district, increased by three. (4) Each elector whose name appears in the register of electors shall be entitled to only one vote notwithstanding that his name appears in the electoral register in more than one electoral district. (5) The recognized political party or independent group which polls the highest number of votes in any electoral district shall be entitled to have the candidate nominated by it, who has secured the highest number of preferences, declared elected. (6) (a) Every recognized political party and independent group polling 74[less than one twentieth of the total votes] polled at any election in any electoral district shall be disqualified from having any candidates of such 73 - Substituted by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 7. 74 - Substituted by the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 4(1).